We have been burning catalpa all day today. Just threw another load in. I split some pine this summer, but I won’t touch it for 2 years. First it if pine I’ve had in 4 years. It came from an electric company clearing job that the neighbor held back for be.
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We have been burning catalpa all day today. Just threw another load in. I split some pine this summer, but I won’t touch it for 2 years. First it if pine I’ve had in 4 years. It came from an electric company clearing job that the neighbor held back for be.
Grizzerbear
Minister of Fire
Two sticks of pine and 3 sticks of post oak. 3rd fire this year.
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
It was chilly last night but no fire the wife turned on the furnace but it is supposed to be in the 60's today. I figured it is coming.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
It seems paradoxical, but residents of colder countries seem to keep warmer houses, and vice versa. Maybe it’s the humidity loss, but places like Russia (the coldest major nation in the world) and Scandinavia tend to keep much warmer homes than those in more mild climates, like Great Britain.
HisTreeNut
Minister of Fire
That's because vodka goes down better in a warm house...
Scrapwood from around the house is what is being burned now...
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In a few days I have lows forecasted in single digits (5-9 F). Might get a chance to test out this mountain mahogany 
What kind of temps do you have (typical for your winter)?
This fall has been warmer compared with our past fall temps but our temps in January & February can get down to -30 to -35. We save our best hardwood (beech,american hophornbeam and sugar maple) for those months. We always have enough damaged trees that we don't cut the healthy ones.
The coldest temps might last for a week at the most and then hit us again for another week at the most. Starting this November I'll record our high and low for this winter which will include Dec.,Jan., & Feb.
I just found some average temps for our location but they're from an airport 30 miles from here, October - High - 54 Low - 34, November - High - 41 Low - 25, December - High - 30 Low - 13, January - High - 25 Low - 5 , February - High - 27 Low - 5, March - High 37 Low - 16
Those temps are why we need a good inventory of seasoned firewood.
Yeah agreed especially if your seeing those negative temps that’s crazy. Mine seem similar except the extremes we might see negative single digits occasionally. Interesting your comment about logging the temps for yourself got me thinking I’ll do the same
The two airports they get the temps from are both over 30 miles north and south of us, both places get different temps than we do.
We have a bunch of old white pines that help hold the snow on the house lot so once it gets cold, we stay cold back here until March until the sun gets stronger.
Yeah that’s the same here my temps are reported from an airport over the hill (20 ish miles) and I think there is a weather station over the mountains from where I’m at (another 20 ish miles) we’re close enough to the mountain range that sometimes we may catch some of the snow but usually always will catch the down valley winds and temps. I’ll have to get a decent thermometer and record the temps for myself and see what I actually have at our place this will make for a good experiment.
Alright, looking for someone to confirm..deny..or even speculate on this for me. I got my hands on some mountain mahogany recently but attempting to find btu of this 33-35 pops up on the internet, however this isn’t from a forestry site nor can I find any actual btu list with mahogany on it. So, I found a formula on chimney sweep((broken link removed)) which seems logical and intuitive sense. Using this formula I get 36.4 (rounding) mbtu per cord. Anyone chime in on this? Also, if this is even remotely accurate (which I suspect is) I’m a little apprehensive about putting this stuff in my stove! Lol however I saw on here/aborsite that some guy did a distance run with mahogany and almost stuffed his stove full of it. I’m thinking 1-2 pieces mixed with some oak and juniper etc should be safe. Anyone have recommendations? Or just the ol use some common sense. Also, thermometers should be string today so I can run my winter temp experiments. Thanks in advance for any advice.
Mountain mahogany's janka hardness is 3,200 lbf. Usually the janka hardness goes along with the BTUs. Red oak is 1200, white oak is 1400, hickory is 1800. Double the density of hickory is going to be some super awesome stuff 
With the temps fluctuating between the 30s to the 50s it's white pine. I'm basically doing a fire every morning with 4 splits. That keeps the house at 70 till we go to bed. When we wake up it's low to mid 60s. I love white pine for shoulder season!
Record breaking cold and snow here the last few days. We have been running elm and box elder for the last few days.
0° outside last night, 74° inside. 64° when i woke up this am with half full stoveof hot coals. Not sure if the furnace kicked on at all, but I'm guessing it did.
0° outside last night, 74° inside. 64° when i woke up this am with half full stoveof hot coals. Not sure if the furnace kicked on at all, but I'm guessing it did.
I bet you’re talking about the Adirondack Regional Airport in Saranac Lake. For some reason and no one knows why that area is 10-15 degrees below areas only 5-10 miles away. I’ve never heard a valid explanation as to why. It’s not elevation because at 1663’ msl there is much higher terrain close by. It is up there with some of the coldest places in the country. I live in Wilmington about 20 miles away. We’re cold here but Saranac is a weather anomaly.
It has been a warm fall. 62 degrees right now in Wilmington. Cold front coming through tonight. Some snow showers forecast for Sunday.
Been burning about 3 weeks now. Just 6 or 8 small splits on colder nights to take the chill out of the house. Mostly well seasoned sugar maple. Will have to up my game this weekend with the storm.
MAD MARK
Feeling the Heat
HitzerHillbilly
Feeling the Heat
HisTreeNut
Minister of Fire
The CHO (Chief Heating Officer) of the house is cold and it is supposed to get down to 30 degrees tonight. It is currently 31 degrees and the scrapwood is burning just nicely...(broken image removed)
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HitzerHillbilly
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Just a bunch of punky old wood in the boiler today. 18° this morning in northern Indiana!
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